Will cni be the sane native interface to c++ in openjdk U gcj?

Tue Dec 25 14:59:00 GMT 2007

ter wrote:
> Hi,
>> This is a development question from a user's point of view. Not a
> compiler writer myself. I am using swig (a great program) right now to
> write a java binding for an existing c++ library. c++ is flattened to c
> on the native side, and then rebuilt back into objects on the java side.
> I understand cni is a much better approach. The binding from cni into
> full c++ would be much less complex, especially if the c++ code has good
> separation between interface and implementation.
>> I got on this list just to ask this question. It's been bugging me, and
> I haven't found any discussion of it.

Something like CNI would be a major addition to the RI, and would likely 
require a corresponding spec, test suite, and JSR to go in. If someone 
steps forward to do the JCP rites, it could be nice to have.
cheers,
dalibor topic